On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Being gifted needs courage.

Life is sweet till a bitter reality comes and hits us! After that, if you are a strong person, life will continue being sweet!

One can definitely learn a lot of valuable things from successful people, if one isn't too busy envying them.

Deserve better...if only...they just had...thrones...

Life is spent by different people in different ways.

For me, there is no hope without faith. Faith is a higher good. Faith in our divinity.

My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.

George W. Bush says he spends sixty to ninety minutes a day working out. He says he works out because it clears his mind. Sometimes just a little too much.

The person who thinks he has found the ultimate truth is wrong.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling].